the ultimate battleground state in an arguably very tight election and you want to muster all of the arguments in your favor persuading your base to vote for you. so what they focused on what this "stand your ground" law that had been a controversial "stand your ground" law the past in florida six or seven years before. the bill was so controversial that every single minority legislator in florida voted for it. if passed the senate 39-0 and it was designed to protect minorities more than anyone else because they are more often than not in harm's way. it became a convenient point of attack. george zimmerman who went into this thinking he was a liberal democrat ended up being a poster boy for the nra. it shocked him and this is part of the drama of his life is if it happened to a lot of people we would know what to expect because we wouldn't see those people as our allies and our friends, the people we voted for and supported. the people that depended on him and looked to him for guidance turned on him. and makes you a symbol of the evil of gun ownership in florida in an election year